The health board has apologised for the “anxiety” caused after hackers gained access to confidential medical records. NHS Dumfries and Galloway was the subject of a cyber attack, which began in February and was made public in the middle of March.
INC Ransom gained access to “a very large amount of patient and staff” data and have released a “proof pack” of records related to six patients to show they have the information.
A health board statement said the patients had been contacted and it was hard to confirm what data the hackers had downloaded – or address it on an individual basis – due to the “scale and breadth of information” they could access.
It added: “We encourage everyone to remain on their guard for anyone trying to access their data, or for approaches by anyone claiming to possess NHS data relating to them or anyone else.
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